Mountains of Injustice: Social and Environmental Justice in Appalachia

by Jedediah Purdy, Donald Edward Davis, Geoffrey L. Buckley

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Research in environmental justice reveals that low-income and minority neighborhoods in our nation's cities are often the preferred sites for landfills, power plants, and polluting factories. Those who live in these sacrifice zones are forced to shoulder the burden of harmful environmental effects so that others can prosper. Mountains of Injustice broadens the discussion from the city to the country by focusing on the legacy of disproportionate...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0821420437

ISBN13:9780821420430

Release Date:February 2013

Publisher:Ohio University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"

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Conservation Earth Sciences Education & Reference Environmental Science Nature Nature & Ecology Rural Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology Social Science Social Sciences

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